UNCANNY AVENGERS VOL. 01: COUNTER-EVOLUTIONARY SC (MARVEL COMICS)

PUBLISHER Marvel Comics
WRITER Rick Remender
ARTIST Daniel Acuña
COVER ARTIST Daniel Acuña
PAGES 112 pages
FORMAT Graphic Novel

From the ashes of AXIS an all-new, all different Avengers assemble! The tragedy at the end of AXIS has left the Uncanny Avengers vulnerable, and someone is taking advantage of it. One of the Avengers oldest foes returns with a terrible secret that will, all hyperbole aside, shatter the lives of two members of the squad. What is Counter-Earth? What terrible secrets does it house? Collecting Uncanny Avengers #1-5.

An Avengers NOW! ongoing series that was continued from Uncanny Avengers Vol.1 and the events of Avengers & X-Men: Axis, after which most of the former team-members had left. The series ended after only 5 issues due to the beginning of Secret Wars, where everything ends. After these events, the series returned in Uncanny Avengers Volume 3.

Counter Evolutionary collects the entire run of the second Uncanny Avengers series. This book picks up in the aftermath of Avengers & X-Men: Axis . After the stunning revelation that Magneto is not their father, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch travel to the High Evolutionary's planet to confront him about their origin. Rogue attempts to piece together a new Unity Squad with Vision, Dr Voodoo, Falcon, and a newly good guy Sabretooth to back them up. Voodoo's spell goes awry, and the Avengers are scattered across High Evolutionary's world.

Writer Rick Remender has earned a his reputation as a masterful storyteller. The pacing and plot work well as Remender weaves the scatter team's individual plot lines together to meet for a grand finale. The High Evolutionary makes a maniacal enemy for our heroes, and Remender uses the High Evolutionary's particular brand of crazy to sound some rather profound thoughts on the nature of perfection and the virtues of flaws. Finally, Sabretooth as a living, thinking character (rather than simply Wolverine's nemesis) has a lot of potential to develop Sabreooth into a sympathetic character. I am enjoying watching his transition from supervillain to superhero.

Readers who've followed the Uncanny Avengers will want to pick this volume up because it details critical changes in Wonder Man and Rogue's situation. Longtime Avengers fans will also enjoy the moments that The Vision and Wanda share. The conclusion of this volume points readers towards Secret Wars in order to follow these characters' adventures.

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